UFC Fight Night 53 Complete Again With New Co-Main Event

It didn’t take officials long to find a new opponent for Akira Corassani, tabbing the recently-victorious Max Holloway for the UFC Fight Night 53 co-main event.

Set for October 4 from Stockholm, Holloway will replace Chan Sung Jung, who suffered an injury in training recently. The main event for the card features Gunnar Nelson and Rick Story.

Holloway (10-3) finished Clay Collard this past weekend via third round TKO, moving his win streak to three in a row. All three of those victories have been stoppage wins, as he also topped Andre Fili and Will Chope.

The youngster has rebounded from back-to-back decision losses in 2013 to Conor McGregor and Dennis Bermudez that halted his three-fight win streak in 2012.

Corassani (12-4) is coming off a second round TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in April that snapped a three-fight win streak.